Do you kill snakes you find in your yard?

[AZ_Equine]

yeah.. i get rattlesnakes in my back yard during the summer.. =/

If in my yard yes. We have venomous snakes here too. Mojave green's, diamond backs and sidewinders to name a few. If harmless ones than no. We also have whip, king, gopher and garter snakes. I would leave them alone because they keep down the mice population. But if I find them while out hiking or horseback riding in the desert NO...

[AK907]

Yup we have a ranch in Texas we always see rattlesnakes and put a .44 to there head but if it was harmless I'd just leave it alone

Some good eatin' right there, buddy! I miss rattlesnake. As far as I know Texas doesn't have any laws against selling wild caught snakes. Those would no doubt be worth a pretty penny to somebody, even if only sold as food.

[AZ_Equine]

No, I would not kill them.

I dont live in a area that has dangerous snakes nor do I have kids but wouldnt a better Idea be to keep the areas where snakes hide off limits or teach your kids what to do if they see one?

My grand kids have been taught what to do if they see a snake but if a rattler took up residence in their back yard I guarantee dad isn't going to let it stay. Kids like to play and allowing a venomous snake stick around would be asking for trouble because eventually it would strike when someone wasn't paying attention. Kids have a short attention span and if retrieving a ball under a large toy they will be caught up in their game and forget to look. Snakes move around and they would not always know where it is hiding. Besides they can't teach the pets to keep away from all the places in the yard where a snake could hide.

[Raptor]

My grand kids have been taught what to do if they see a snake but if a rattler took up residence in their back yard I guarantee dad isn't going to let it stay. Kids like to play and allowing a venomous snake stick around would be asking for trouble because eventually it would strike when someone wasn't paying attention. Kids have a short attention span and if retrieving a ball under a large toy they will be caught up in their game and forget to look. Snakes move around and they would not always know where it is hiding. Besides they can't teach the pets to keep away from all the places in the yard where a snake could hide.

That's how my mom was when I was a kid, sorta. We lived by a creek and were always getting cottonmouths. It was bad enough that any dark colored snake got killed because there were so many.